BRIGHTON (England): England fast bowler Ollie Robinson on Wednesday created an unwanted record for bowling the second most expensive over in first-class cricket history as he conceded 43 runs during a County Championship match.
The right-handed Robinson, who has played 20 Tests for England since his debut in 2021, scored 43 runs from a total of nine balls he bowled to complete his over.
The 30-year-old Robinson was playing for Sussex against Leicestershire in a Division Two match at the County Ground in Hove here.
Robinson was hit for a total of five sixes – three off no-balls – three fours as well as a single by Leicestershire's Lewis Kimber, who was batting on 72 off 56 balls when he entered the 59th over of Leicestershire's second innings. In which he was given a target of 446 runs.
By the time Robinson was finished, the right-handed Kimber had scored 109 not out off just 65 balls, with Ben Cox the batsman at the other end.
Robinson's figures from his 13th over in the game were: 6, 6nb, 4, 6, 4, 6nb, 4, 6nb, 1.
Robinson thus also repeated the record for most runs conceded by an English bowler, surpassing former Test fast bowler Alex Tudor's 38 overs, followed by 34 by Andrew Flintoff in the Surrey vs Lancashire contest in 1998. Were.
However, the most expensive over in the history of first-class cricket was recorded in 1990, when former New Zealand off-break bowler Vert Vance was dismissed for 77 runs during a Shell Trophy game between Wellington and Canterbury in 1989–1990. I went.
Vance, who bowled 17 no-balls in that over, played four Tests and eight ODIs for New Zealand.
The right-handed Robinson, who has played 20 Tests for England since his debut in 2021, scored 43 runs from a total of nine balls he bowled to complete his over.
The 30-year-old Robinson was playing for Sussex against Leicestershire in a Division Two match at the County Ground in Hove here.
Robinson was hit for a total of five sixes – three off no-balls – three fours as well as a single by Leicestershire's Lewis Kimber, who was batting on 72 off 56 balls when he entered the 59th over of Leicestershire's second innings. In which he was given a target of 446 runs.
By the time Robinson was finished, the right-handed Kimber had scored 109 not out off just 65 balls, with Ben Cox the batsman at the other end.
Robinson's figures from his 13th over in the game were: 6, 6nb, 4, 6, 4, 6nb, 4, 6nb, 1.
Robinson thus also repeated the record for most runs conceded by an English bowler, surpassing former Test fast bowler Alex Tudor's 38 overs, followed by 34 by Andrew Flintoff in the Surrey vs Lancashire contest in 1998. Were.
However, the most expensive over in the history of first-class cricket was recorded in 1990, when former New Zealand off-break bowler Vert Vance was dismissed for 77 runs during a Shell Trophy game between Wellington and Canterbury in 1989–1990. I went.
Vance, who bowled 17 no-balls in that over, played four Tests and eight ODIs for New Zealand.
